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The Killing 2011
Series
The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
The sides of The Killing
- Two detectives on the murder of Rosie Larsen
- A grey and rainy Seattle
- A mayoral campaign caught up in the investigation
Good for you if
- you like one murder investigated over two whole seasons.
- you like long rainy silences and a patient investigation.
- you can take a story about grief that stays dark.
Bad for you if
- you want shootouts and chases more than interrogations.
- you lose track when the story splits between the detectives, the grieving family and a mayoral race.
About: grief · guilt · obsession
Mare of Easttown 2021
Series
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
The sides of Mare of Easttown
- A detective in a small Pennsylvania town
- A teenage mother found dead
- A grandmother raising her late son's child
Good for you if
- you like a small-town murder where every neighbour could be hiding something.
- you like Kate Winslet as a tired, stubborn local cop.
- you like a crime story that cares as much about Mare's family as the case.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, addiction and a son's suicide on screen.
- you need chases and shootouts more than slow detective work.
About: grief · small towns · motherhood · guilt
Mystic River 2003
Película
Cuando Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle y Sean Devine eran unos niños que crecían juntos en un peligroso barrio obrero de Boston, pasaban los días jugando al hockey en la calle. Pero, un día, a Dave le ocurrió algo que marcó para siempre su vida y las de sus amigos. Veinticinco años más tarde, otra tragedia los vuelve a unir: el asesinato de Katie, la hija de 19 años de Jimmy. A Sean, que es policía, le asignan el caso; pero también tiene que estar muy pendiente de Jimmy porque, en su desesperación, está intentando tomarse la justicia por su mano.
Las caras de Mystic River
- Tres amigos de infancia en Boston
- Una hija asesinada
- Un pasado que nunca sanó
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las actuaciones crudas y potentes.
- te gusta una tragedia sin un final limpio.
- te gusta una investigación de asesinato en un barrio unido.
Mala para ti si
- el abuso infantil y el duelo de un padre son demasiado duros para ti.
- necesitas ritmo. Eastwood deja que el duelo y los silencios se alarguen.
Temas: el trauma · la culpa · la lealtad
Sharp Objects 2018
Series
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
The sides of Sharp Objects
- A reporter back in her Missouri hometown
- Two murdered girls
- A mother and daughter with a terrible bond
Good for you if
- you want to watch Amy Adams carry every scene as Camille.
- you like a heavy, humid small town revealed one memory at a time.
- you can take a dark Southern story with no easy comfort.
Bad for you if
- you can't face self-harm, alcoholism and child abuse on screen.
- you'd rather avoid frank sex scenes, and Camille has a few.
About: trauma · mothers and daughters · home
Prisioneros 2013
Película
Cuando su hija pequeña y su amiga desaparecen el día de Acción de Gracias, un padre se toma la justicia por su mano mientras un detective investiga el caso.
Las caras de Prisioneros
- Un detective que no se rinde
- Hasta dónde llega un padre
- Un caso construido como un laberinto
- Lluvia, frío y luz gris
Buena para ti si
- te gusta estar tenso durante dos horas y media seguidas.
- te gusta reunir pistas e intentar adelantarte al detective.
- te gusta ver a un actor llegar a un lugar crudo. Hugh Jackman lo hace.
Mala para ti si
- un niño en peligro es demasiado para ti.
- dos horas y media son demasiado para tu noche.
Temas: la fe · la venganza · la culpa · la paternidad
Gone Baby Gone 2007
Film
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.
The sides of Gone Baby Gone
- A four-year-old missing in Boston
- Two private detectives from the neighborhood
- A choice between the law and what is right
Good for you if
- you like a missing-child case that keeps changing shape.
- you like a tense thriller in the bars and streets of Boston.
- you like an ending that leaves you asking what you would have done.
Bad for you if
- a missing child, drugs and abuse are too much for you.
- you need an ending that leaves you some hope.
About: justice · parenthood · corruption
The Outsider 2020
Series
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
The sides of The Outsider
- A boy's murder in a Georgia town
- A suspect seen in two places at once
- An investigator who sees what others miss
Good for you if
- you like dread that builds in quiet rooms and dark caves.
- you like a case with proof that a man was in two places at once.
- you like a patient story that takes its time with grief.
Bad for you if
- the murder of a child and a grieving family are too much for you.
- you need a crime explained without anything supernatural.
About: grief · belief · evil
The Wire 2002
Series
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
The sides of The Wire
- Baltimore cops wiretapping a drug crew
- The docks, the schools, City Hall and the newspaper
- Dealers and detectives seen from both sides
Good for you if
- you like seeing how police, politics and schools keep a city stuck.
- you like a case built patiently over a whole season.
- you want people like Omar, Stringer Bell and McNulty to stay with you.
Bad for you if
- you lose track with dozens of characters on both sides.
- you need some hope. Baltimore rarely changes here.
About: institutions · the drug war · loyalty
Dark 2017
Serie
Tras la desaparición de un niño, cuatro familias desesperadas tratan de entender lo ocurrido a medida que van desvelando un retorcido misterio que abarca tres décadas.
Las caras de Dark
- Un rompecabezas a través del tiempo
- Un pueblo con un secreto enterrado
- El destino frente al libre albedrío
- Cuatro familias, un solo nudo
- Lluvia gris y una música pesada
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un árbol genealógico que hay que dibujar en papel.
- te gusta un misterio frío y paciente.
- te gusta una serie que se entiende mejor la segunda vez.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas un poco de esperanza. En Winden, las familias pierden a sus hijos y luego todo lo demás.
- no lees subtítulos. Está en alemán (existe doblaje).
Temas: el tiempo · el destino · la familia
The Bridge 2011
Series
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
The sides of The Bridge
- A body on the Øresund Bridge, half in each country
- Saga Norén, a Swedish detective with no filter
- A Danish cop who has to work with her
Good for you if
- you like a killer who plays a long game with two police forces.
- you like Saga Norén, blunt, literal and fiercely good at her job.
- you can take a cold Nordic noir with sad endings.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles in Swedish and Danish.
- you need a crime show that moves faster.
About: loneliness · justice · friendship
Top of the Lake 2013
Series
A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
The sides of Top of the Lake
- A detective back in her New Zealand hometown
- A pregnant twelve-year-old girl who vanishes
- A lake town ruled by a dangerous father
Good for you if
- you like a missing-girl case in a remote New Zealand town.
- you like a patient story that lets the lake and the mountains breathe.
- you want to watch Elisabeth Moss carry a detective who is barely holding on.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch stories about the sexual abuse of girls and women.
- you want a crime show with chases and shootouts.
About: trauma · abuse · going home · motherhood
True Detective 2014
Series
Each season, different detectives work one murder case. The first follows two Louisiana detectives on a ritual killing that stays with them for seventeen years.
The sides of True Detective
- Two detectives, conversation as tension
- An obsession with a case that won't close
- A place that feels haunted
Good for you if
- you like long conversations in a car more than shootouts.
- you like a case that takes its time and a mood that settles in.
- you like dark ideas and darker places.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not keep track of one case told across two or three timelines.
- you can't take disturbing images of murder victims.
About: time · evil · faith · partnership
The Leftovers 2014
Series
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
The sides of The Leftovers
- Two percent of the world vanishing at once
- A police chief holding his family together
- A silent cult dressed in white
Good for you if
- you like grief so raw it moves you to tears.
- you can live with never learning where the vanished went.
- you like Kevin and Nora, two broken people trying to go on.
Bad for you if
- you can't take grief, suicide and despair on screen.
- you need a story that moves fast, not three seasons of mourning.
About: grief · faith · loss
Insomnio 2002
Película
Will Dormer, un veterano detective de Los Ángeles, viaja a un pequeño pueblo de Alaska con su compañero Hap para investigar el asesinato de una chica de 17 años. En Los Ángeles queda pendiente un oscuro asunto que les incumbe a los dos. Una vez en Alaska, entran en contacto con el principal sospechoso, Walter Finch, un novelista ermitaño.
Las caras de Insomnio
- Un detective de Los Ángeles en Alaska
- Un sol que nunca se pone
- Un escritor de novela negra que vio demasiado
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un detective que encubre su propio error.
- te gusta ver a Al Pacino derrumbarse tras días sin dormir.
- te gusta un caso de asesinato en el que el asesino conoce el secreto del policía.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas un thriller que avance más rápido que un hombre sin dormir.
- necesitas un héroe que se mantenga limpio.
Temas: la culpa · el insomnio · la corrupción
Under the Banner of Heaven 2022
Series
A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
The sides of Under the Banner of Heaven
- A Mormon detective investigating a murder
- A young mother and her baby killed in 1984 Utah
- A family's turn to fundamentalism
Good for you if
- you want a careful look at the real 1984 killing of Brenda Lafferty and her daughter.
- you like Andrew Garfield as a believer whose faith starts to crack.
- you like an investigation that takes its time with a family's history.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story built around the murder of a mother and her baby.
- you lose track of a big family of brothers and flashbacks to the church's early days.
About: faith · doubt · family · fundamentalism
Memories of Murder (Crónica de un asesino en serie) 2003
Película
Corea del Sur, 1986. Una joven aparece brutalmente violada y asesinada. Dos meses después, se producen una serie de violaciones y asesinatos en circunstancias similares. Para buscar al asesino, se organiza un destacamento especial, encabezado por un detective de la policía local (Park Doo-man) y un detective de la policía de Seúl (Seo Tae-yoon), que ha solicitado ser asignado al caso.
Las caras de Memories of Murder (Crónica de un asesino en serie)
- Dos detectives rurales tras un asesino en serie
- La Corea del Sur de los años 80 bajo régimen militar
- Crímenes basados en un caso real sin resolver de la época
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una cacería en campos bajo la lluvia donde cada pista se escapa.
- puedes reírte de policías torpes y brutales en medio de un caso sombrío.
- aguantas una historia donde la desesperación gana a la justicia.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas la brutalidad policial ni ver víctimas asesinadas en pantalla.
- no quieres leer subtítulos durante dos horas.
- necesitas un caso cerrado y un culpable con nombre.
Temas: la obsesión · el fracaso · la violencia policial · un país en transición
El mentalista 2008
Serie
El mentalista es una serie policiaca americana sobre Patrick Jane, ex médium, que trabaja de asesor para la Oficina de Investigación de California (California Bureau of Investigation), usando su altamente desarrollada capacidad de observación, que anteriormente usaba para "leer" mentes.
Las caras de El mentalista
- Un falso vidente que trabaja con la policía
- Un asesino en serie llamado Red John
- Casos resueltos leyendo a la gente
Buena para ti si
- te gusta un caso por semana resuelto observando cómo mienten los sospechosos.
- te gusta el encanto de Simon Baker como Patrick Jane, que sonríe mientras sufre su duelo.
- quieres una larga cacería de Red John, el asesino que se llevó a la familia de Jane.
Mala para ti si
- siete temporadas de casos son demasiado para ti.
- quieres tiroteos y persecuciones más que conversaciones en una habitación.
Temas: el duelo · la venganza · el engaño
Safe 2018
Series
After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.
The sides of Safe
- A widowed surgeon searching for his missing daughter
- A gated community in England
- Neighbours hiding secrets
Good for you if
- you like a missing-teen case where everyone nearby is a suspect.
- you like a Harlan Coben story that turns at the end of every episode.
- you like a father who can't stop digging, whatever he finds.
Bad for you if
- you lose track of a big cast of neighbours, each with a secret.
- you'd rather not watch a grieving father fear the worst for his child.
About: grief · secrets · parenthood
The Chestnut Man 2021
Series
At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.
The sides of The Chestnut Man
- A chestnut figure left at each murder scene
- Two mismatched Copenhagen detectives
- A minister's daughter who went missing
Good for you if
- you like a serial killer hunt in autumn Copenhagen.
- you like a missing girl case tied to fresh murders.
- you can take a cold, grim Nordic noir.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand mutilated bodies on screen.
- you won't read subtitles for a Danish series.
About: grief · the past · justice
Incendies 2010
Film
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
The sides of Incendies
- Twins reading their mother's last wishes
- A search through a country torn by civil war
- A family secret buried for decades
Good for you if
- you like a revelation at the end that changes everything you saw.
- you like a film that leaves you shaken long after.
- you want to understand a civil war through one woman's life.
Bad for you if
- you can't take massacres, prison and rape on screen.
- you won't read subtitles, and the twins' search unfolds in French and Arabic.
About: family secrets · war · forgiveness